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Flumps Poster, FLUMPS: A3 Poster An informative poster outlining how to analyse products and ideas in D&T. This follows 6 key areas of focus: Function, Looks, User, Materials, Pros/cons and Sustainability. It serves as a systematic approach to dissecting and evaluating various aspects of a design idea/project. By considering each element individually, students can gain a comprehensive understanding of the problem at hand and develop effective solutions and outcomes. This method allows students to be independent when analysing and ensures a wide range of...
Are you really teaching D&T? and D&T Principles guidance, Are you really teaching D&T? and D&T Principles guidanceAges 5-11 One of the main aims of the programmes of study for D&T is to clarify the nature of the subject. It is important to check that the D&T you are teaching is genuine D&T, particularly when linking it to other subjects or cross-curricular topics. This PowerPoint will help you decide whether the projects you are teaching have the...
Prioritising Wellbeing This Summer, As the summer term winds down, many D&T teachers are feeling the weight of another busy academic year. With deadlines, exams, enrichment activities, and curriculum changes all jostling for attention, it’s easy to forget one vital element: your own wellbeing. To support the wellbeing of education staff, Education Support has released its Rest, Reflect, Reset Summer Wellbeing Toolkit, a free collection of practical, thoughtful resources designed to help you switch off, recharge, and reconnect with life beyond the classroom.
Starting Points for Designing, Detailed below are some suggested starting points that are presented as visual brainstorms which the teacher can use with the class to explore the context and identify many different sorts of product that could be designed and made. They give pupils an opportunity to decide what sort of product they want to design and make. The exact nature of the products designed and made will depend on the age and previous experience of the pupils
Willy Wonka's Fair Trade Cookies, Willy Wonka's Fair Trade Cookies Year 5-6Age 9-11 First published 2011 This project is adapted from unit 5D and focuses on developing children’s skills, knowledge and understanding of food, building on previous learning in which children prepared food products using simple processes. Children learn how to adapt a basic recipe to develop a product with specified criteria. Investigation of existing products, including fair trade, will inform design ideas. There are opportunities to apply maths by measuring accurately, converting measures and applying ratio and proportion to...
TinkerCAD 3D Printing, Tinkercad 3D printingPowerpoint This tutorial looks at how you can use Tinkercad with 3D printers to create your own unique designs. Using the Framegym resource as a reference, this step-by-step guide will show you how to create and export your component for 3D printing.
Manufacturing Vocabulary, This vocabulary is adapted from one published by Propel PLM and they have kindly given permission for the Association to pass it on in an easy to use format for students.The pdf file contains links to descriptions of over 80 terms used in manufacturing that will help students gain an understanding of the processes and usage in manufacturing settings.
Let's Look at Products, Let’s Look at Products EYFSAges 3-5 years This resource focuses on children investigating and evaluating products. It includes three PowerPoint presentations with examples of cups, slippers and cutlery, but practitioners should use these as starting points and adapt the resource to include products that would engage their children. There are many ways in which the activities could be implemented: they could be used to develop communication and language skills and PSE development; perhaps linked to a topic such as Ourselves, Myself or Things we Use;...
Jeff Knox, Jeff Qualified as a teacher in 1975. During his career he has taught in Secondary, further and higher education with his final position being D&T PGCE course leader at the University of Sunderland. He left the University in 2012 and now runs his own consultancy business. He been a D&TA H&S consultant since the inception of the scheme in 2000 and delivers training and certification in all areas of D&T. In addition to H&S accreditation he offers workshop...
Steven Hancock, Industrial experience [Marine Engineering] 30+ years teaching D+T and as a Head of Department Steve’s experience working as a Marine Engineer, School Technician, D+T Teacher, Work Experience Coordinator and Head of Department have made him acutely aware of practical engineering, workshop machinery tools and processes and health and safety requirements and systems. As a successful Head of Department at a large comprehensive school and a boys grammar school, Steve has effectively and efficiently managed and organised all aspects of...
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